Anti-aphrodisiac compounds of male butterflies increase the risk of egg parasitoid attack by inducing plant synomone production

Journal of Chemical Ecology

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1373-1381

  Fatouros, Nina E ^a   Pashalidou, Foteini G ^a   Cordero, Wilma V Aponte ^b   van Loon, Joop J A ^a   Mumm, Roland ^a   Dicke, Marcel ^a   Hilker, Monika ^c   Huigens, Martinus E ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brassica; Egg deposition; Elicitor; Indole; Induced indirect plant defense; Methyl salicylate; Pieris rapae; Trichogramma

Indexed keywords

APHRODISIAC AGENT; INDOLE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE; SALICYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SALICYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

BUTTERFLY; CHEMICAL DEFENSE; CONSPECIFIC; DICOTYLEDON; EGG PARASITOID; FITNESS; HERB; PHYTOCHEMISTRY; SECRETION; SPERMATOPHORE; WASP;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRASSICA; BUTTERFLY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; DRUG EFFECT; EJACULATION; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT LEAF; RISK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SMELLING; WASP;

ANIMALS; APHRODISIACS; BRASSICA; BUTTERFLIES; EJACULATION; FEMALE; INDOLES; MALE; OLFACTORY PERCEPTION; OVUM; PHEROMONES; PLANT LEAVES; RISK; SALICYLATES; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; WASPS;

BRASSICA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. GEMMIFERA; LEPIDOPTERA; PAPILIONOIDEA; PIERIDAE; PIERIS (BUTTERFLY); PIERIS BRASSICAE; PIERIS RAPAE; TRICHOGRAMMA; TRICHOGRAMMA BRASSICAE;

EID: 73249122861     PISSN: 00980331     EISSN: 15731561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10886-009-9714-5     Document Type: Article

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